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What do you decide to put in your bank account?

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鲜花(29) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2006-11-13 17:50 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed , x, E' ~3 u0 U& N
each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and
1 Y6 R4 C/ O8 D" }& @: }shaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally blind, moved to a # B$ [  R" L0 Z0 a  e
nursing home today.
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) s' M9 ?' g! m/ _4 AHis wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. 0 H/ ~, L) }( s0 [4 i# R
After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home,
2 W( }2 r! h) I! }: d3 w1 i) }he smiled sweetly when told his room was ready. 5 V7 f7 C+ h9 I# p! `

1 `! `' h$ u* J; |0 U  Q5 PAs he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual
- m; z$ \- e& s3 C3 U3 E, qdescription of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been
( s4 w5 \$ }) m2 u# H# P3 {hung on his window. ( r' C( M1 L, l/ u! v
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"I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having 3 X% Y1 H. l' D
just been presented with a new puppy. 9 V' C2 o4 O4 a3 h1 G( c8 k
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"Mr. Jones, you haven't seen the room; just wait." & x0 v; b1 N2 `# t; L  A$ n
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"That doesn't have anything to do with it," he replied.
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' Q; J6 p: s) \" N"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my
/ g, ?, l7 h! ~. q# q5 e7 }room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged ... it's how 0 w# a4 D8 M8 |# U) o1 S& R
I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it." ) S+ X2 U5 q) Y& S  Y* T4 n$ A
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It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up.
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! r+ X# N0 s/ g; v5 xI have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I
3 o9 G0 g/ i/ V" ?2 e3 o3 Ahave with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed
6 T4 {$ W0 @" l- {9 H* b, Qand be thankful for the ones that do.
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Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new % L( l* D4 a! C  K% G( w6 E2 a
day and all the happy memories I've stored away.
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% [( D* G- M0 [% R2 P& |Just for this time in my life.
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$ E5 e0 c! i6 E1 H  EOld age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in.
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5 f: i* N+ D. W# \. r. OSo, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank " F# M8 k5 X# ]4 v1 B
account of memories! Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank. & q. j% t7 J1 b: P
I am still depositing." Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
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    1. Free your heart from hatred. ! D! S9 m3 p2 Z5 J# u$ W, l. x
    2. Free your mind from worries.
6 K& S9 E- f/ s: q    3. Live simply.
5 T7 k) g3 o/ r# f* O% H( Y    4. Give more.
0 \  X1 d7 ~6 Z8 r    5. Expect less.
鲜花(0) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2006-11-13 19:03 | 显示全部楼层
恩。看样子年轻时候要多玩多享受。不然老了没什么好取的了。
鲜花(0) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2006-11-13 19:23 | 显示全部楼层
so touching! I will just follow the five simple rules to be happy!
鲜花(0) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2006-11-13 21:14 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
     I would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank
/ {- h! J! t$ f! E! H. Saccount of memories!  no hatred; no worries;  Live simply; Give more; Expect less!!5 M' I/ N8 w. a, e- r
I'm very happy each day!
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鲜花(0) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2006-11-13 21:32 | 显示全部楼层
That's the reason why he's still alive at 92-years-old.
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发表于 2006-11-16 17:51 | 显示全部楼层
原帖由 寒月 于 2006-11-13 16:50 发表
$ m0 a0 u$ n+ V  s  \. }# dA 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed ' F, N6 }: M( r- y! r9 m6 K
each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and
7 O% a" Z- g+ q! h4 Zshaved perfectly applied, even though he is legally  ...
% b3 d2 x1 q" c; c+ o    1. Free your heart from hatred. ( d$ H5 f. D( X, N& e, U" c
    2. Free your mind from worries.
4 }8 S) K0 Q: B0 C    3. Live simply.
- @% V  d) t, f. F! s    4. Give more.
' ?0 A9 H8 P; [- T7 U    5. Expect less.
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4 C* O1 n! o8 n) V2 U  x3 j( Q' b这是人生真谛。精辟!
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